A federal judge ruled on Friday that Governor Ron DeSantis had violated the Florida state constitution and the First Amendment when he suspended a county prosecutor last year. But the judge also found that he doesn’t have the power to put Warren back in office.
But sadly, today’s decision may simply pave the way for Governor DeSantis to remove more elected officials over nothing more than political differences.
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised at this. It’ just Republican figuring out a new way to screw things up. Hopefully this will not be the case everywhere. No penalty to DeSantis makes this as likely to happen again.
So, the action stands, regardless of the constitutionality of it.
Is that an indication that the lege has given InSantis extraordinary powers? Does that mean that, even though the action violated something in their State document, it doesn’t matter because InSantis (or even his equally awful predecessor, Scott) got the law changed to de-fang that portion of the Constitution in the State?
But sadly, today’s decision may simply pave the way for Governor DeSantis to remove more elected officials over nothing more than political differences.
“So let the witch hunts continue; full speed ahead!”
Is it an indication that The Law … is an Ass?
IANAL, but it seems to me if the 11th Amendment prevents the Federal Judge from providing relief it probably should have prevented hearing the case at all, right?
And secondly, why can’t the suit be heard in Florida State court??
Federal Judge Drags DeSantis
I really dislike the this recent usage for the word “drags”. I hope it didn’t emerge from that crime where a black man was dragged to death chained to a pickup truck on a rocky road. But that’s what it brings to mind every time I hear it.
I don’t know the premise they used to get it into federal court, but I guarantee it would have done worse in State Court. One man run Floridatown, and he ain’t tall.
I thought the word choice was more about DeSantis penchant for showing off. Like a Drag Queen uses over the top gestures and costumes.
TPM started using it in headlines about three years ago as a synonym or shorthand for denigrate, or “apply a sick burn to”. It does appear on other sites, but I just hope we don’t learn that its origins are what I fear. There are other word tropes that I used to use, until I eventually learned of their violent racist allusions.
Charles Dickens certainly thought so.
I thought the law is a ass. But then, I read that over half a century ago…
I’d not hold my breath waiting for deSatanis to follow the law, Mr Warren.
When InSantis is showing you who he is, believe him.
He won’t do a darned thing about this. He’s showing his power by doing nothing. Who’s going to stop him?
I, for one, am glad to see that the work of the Gauleiter of the Florida Oblast of the People’s Republic of Cuba can continue his glorious work.
Please don’t tell me that “peanut gallery” means anything other than a reference to Charles Schulz!
Hell, DeSantis won. Wait for him to do it again soon. He uses the court’s smackdown as a badge of honor, while doing exactly as he pleases. And the Florida state courts would be even worse since they have been stacked by Scott and DeSantis.
Not sure this is as bad as it seems on first look. The Judge noted the Constitutional violations said the termination was based on those illegal acts. Although the Judge does not have the authority to put the guy back on the job his ruling loads him up with goodies if a lawsuit is in the future.
Totally unsupported speculative etymology, but I’ve always assumed it was a shortcut for “dragging someone over the coals”, which in its original source isn’t really all that pleasant to think about either, but it at least has a longer pedigree.